wireless usb card

hediki · 08-25-2005, 04:55 AM

hey my friend wants a wireless internet card to useon his dads laptop because they use dial up. but his neighbor is willing to let him use there sevice for 5$/mounth(talk about cheap). so he just needs a wireless care that his dad wont know about because he will b@!$% about it and tell him not to use the guys net and get in a whole bunch of argument with the neighbors ect. so will this be a good one ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833332501
thanks for your replys.

4W4K3 · 08-25-2005, 05:15 AM

Does it have to be USB?

Something like this might work better than a USB one - http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=11

I've just never used a USB wireless adapter so i'm not really sure how well the signal will be.

alanuofm · 08-25-2005, 05:44 AM

the pcmcia adapter should get better signal.

adselrecom · 08-25-2005, 09:13 AM

yeah usb is good for short distances but the signal is not that strong specially with a few walls between it. but how far does his neighbour lives

celsdogg · 08-25-2005, 01:02 PM

on top of all that, try to find out what chipset is in whatever wireless adapter you might have. certain chipsets are better at picking up signals than others. I had these belkin adapters which had a RALink chipset which was not so good at picking up a signal, but my laptop had an atheros card, and it could pick up my wireless router from the backyard!

[-0MEGA-] · 08-25-2005, 01:32 PM

the best bet would be to pick up the same card that your neighbors have for there router, that way there is no conflicts. (because i've had problems using different brands)

4W4K3 · 08-25-2005, 02:11 PM

I can vouch for Atheros chipsets too...i got oen in my wireless card and it's excellent. But yah try to go with same brand, cuz' i use d-link cards and d-link router and that probably helps connection too.

08-25-2005, 04:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
hediki Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28	wireless usb card hey my friend wants a wireless internet card to useon his dads laptop because they use dial up. but his neighbor is willing to let him use there sevice for 5$/mounth(talk about cheap). so he just needs a wireless care that his dad wont know about because he will b@!$% about it and tell him not to use the guys net and get in a whole bunch of argument with the neighbors ect. so will this be a good one ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833332501 thanks for your replys.

08-25-2005, 05:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 21 Posts: 6,989	Does it have to be USB? Something like this might work better than a USB one - http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=11 I've just never used a USB wireless adapter so i'm not really sure how well the signal will be. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe.

08-25-2005, 01:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
celsdogg Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Age: 27 Posts: 306	on top of all that, try to find out what chipset is in whatever wireless adapter you might have. certain chipsets are better at picking up signals than others. I had these belkin adapters which had a RALink chipset which was not so good at picking up a signal, but my laptop had an atheros card, and it could pick up my wireless router from the backyard! __________________ VALERIE - AMD Athlon XP Palomino 1800+, 1GB DDR SDRAM, nVidia GeForceFX 5700 128MB DDR, two 160GB Seagate HDD, two 250GB Seagate HDD, WinXP Pro SARAH (Toshiba Laptop) - Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz, 512MB DDR SDRAM, Trident Cyberblade XP2 32MB, 60GB Samsung HDD, Ubuntu Linux 7.10 MARGARET - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB Corsair XMS DDR400 Dual Channel, nVidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR PCIE, 80GB Seagate SATA, 60GB Maxtor PATA, 60GB WD PATA Ubuntu Linux 7.10 + WinXP Pro

08-25-2005, 01:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Goffstown, NH Age: 21 Posts: 28,962	the best bet would be to pick up the same card that your neighbors have for there router, that way there is no conflicts. (because i've had problems using different brands) __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 960 300GB Raptor // 2x 750GB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605 www.photosbygeoff.com

08-25-2005, 02:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 21 Posts: 6,989	I can vouch for Atheros chipsets too...i got oen in my wireless card and it's excellent. But yah try to go with same brand, cuz' i use d-link cards and d-link router and that probably helps connection too. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe.

08-25-2005, 05:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	the pcmcia adapter should get better signal.

08-25-2005, 09:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
adselrecom New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2	yeah usb is good for short distances but the signal is not that strong specially with a few walls between it. but how far does his neighbour lives

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